Why did immigrants come to Texas, and what did they contribute?
1 Answer
Immigrants came to Texas for land and new opportunities. They contributed by filling up jobs and helping the economy.
Explanation:
Immigrants, mostly from the United States, immigrated to Texas for the cheap land and new opportunities.
The cheap land is pretty self-explanatory it's something that is in high demand and it's going for cheap. This idea is like manifest destiny where the United States was trying to settle all the land between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The only difference being that Texas wasn't part of the United States then.
The new opportunities is like giving people a chance to start over. They could be running from the law or just wanted to start over somewhere new for whatever other reasons.
Like any other place back then immigrants increased the population which in turn allowed more production and money to flow into Texas.
